SettlementContext (Power TAC server modules 1.7.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

BalancingMarket

All Known Implementing Classes:

BalancingMarketService
```
public interface SettlementContext
extends BalancingMarket
```
Context interface for settlement processors. This is needed for testing, and to limit the accessibility of the BalancingMarketService to settlement processors. Methods have package visibility, because we assume settlement processors will be in the same package with the service.

Author:

John Collins

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Double`	`getPMinus()`	Returns the current value of pMinus.
`Double`	`getPPlus()`	Returns the current value of pPlus.

Methods inherited from interface org.powertac.common.interfaces.BalancingMarket
getBalancingCost, getDefaultSpotPrice, getMarketBalance, getPMinusPrime, getPPlusPrime, getRegulation

- Method Detail
  - getPPlus
```
Double getPPlus()
```
    Returns the current value of pPlus. This is the marginal cost for up-regulating power. Value is normally negative, because brokers must pay. Cost increases (becomes more negative) with quantity according to pPlusPrime.
  - getPMinus
```
Double getPMinus()
```
    Returns the current value of pMinus. This is the marginal cost for down-regulation. Value is normally positive, because brokers are paid. Cost increases with quantity (becomes less positive, eventually becoming negative) with quantity accoring to the value of pMinusPrime.